Steep Garden: This view of a fine-grained tree on the Little Horse Trail demonstrates the topography of most of the major Sedona Rock formations, where sheer cliffs of sandstone and limestone sit on top of the crumbly, soft Hermit Formation, which forms an base on which plants

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Vivid geology of Sedona bears witness to the death of stars, the drift of continents, the power of water and the thoughts of rocks

Oak Creek swishes and sighs at my feet as the day dies, the rising moon reflected in its pensive waters. Lifting my eyes to the darkening form of Cathedral Rock, I try to imagine upheaval, catastrophe, flood and violence.

Vivid geology of Sedona bears witness to the death of stars, the drift of continents, the power of water and the thoughts of rocks

Oak Creek swishes and sighs at my feet as the day dies, the rising moon reflected in its pensive waters. Lifting my eyes to the darkening form of Cathedral Rock, I try to imagine upheaval, catastrophe, flood and violence.